Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is one of the world's leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a twenty-year track record of accurate predictions. The recipient of awards including the 1999 National Medal of Technology and the MIT-Lemelson Prize, the world's largest award for innovation, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has received nineteen honorary doctorates and honors from three United States presidents. Ray's previous books include The Age of Spiritual Machines, The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life, Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever, and The Age of Intelligent Machines.